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Pogba. It’ll all be dependent and revolve around him with regards to how we look in attack and who United will purchase.
What we can’t do is waste another prime year of his like we have these first 2 seasons. It’s a shame really because he’s a world class talent but hasn’t been able to quite fully showcase/tap into it here (yet) due to failing to surround him with corresponding top end creative players. It’s time to finally bite the bullet, build around Paul and complete the United attack by paying up for quality players as José has suggested; there’s no other way around it and a rather simple concept - you either pay up or be left behind. United are going to at the very least have to spend on 2 TOP QUALITY STARTING attacking players (RW + #10/SS or CM depending on where they want to play Pogba) to fill the voids by the time next season begins. It’ll likely be 3 as an additional CM option will have to be bought in considering we’re utter shit when either Pogba or Matic are not available + need a Carrick replacement anyways as Mourinho has suggested. Will be interesting to see if they’re able to get 1 done in January. If not, summer it is and it’ll be a busy & critical one at that.
Here’s how I see the options which José has to choose from. Keep in mind, players/names are hypotheticals and interchangeable so what’s important are the concepts.
>1A
Either keep Pogba where he is (beside Matic with license to push up which imo is best suited to get the most out of him) and get a quality #10 or SS behind Lukaku who he can service the ball to and interact with at a high level, creating a powerful channel to cause defenders problems.
————————Lukaku
Martial———Ozil/AG/Dybala———new RW
——————Pogba———Matic
>1B
If unable to get a quality #10/SS, get another midfielder who can play besides Matic and allow Pogba to play in front of the 2 in a roaming role.
——————Lukaku
Martial———Pogba———new RW
————Matic——Goretzka/Pjanic/etc
>2
Long shot, but get a #10/SS and a CM to play alongside Matic and let Pogba play as a wide left playmaking threat sort of like how he did at Juvé. Least likely scenario considering it’d create a logjam with both Martial/Rashford having to be bench players and not really suiting the squad personnel in comparison to the available players.
———————Lukaku
Pogba———Ozil/AG/Dybala———new RW
—————Matic———Goretzka/Pjanic/etc
...what most likely ends up happening are the first 2 scenarios in which case that additional CM will be bought. Regardless of if we bring in a top quality starting CAM or CM, a rotational bench but starter level CM will be needed to have that crucial depth which we desperately lack right now. RWer can be just about anyone so didn’t even bother putting any names to it.
Just as important will be to offload all the dead weight. There’s a number of mediocre players who have been gifted roster spots who just can’t be here anymore if you want to create a world class team+atmosphere. Not to mention a proper new LB/LWB will only add a new dynamic to the attack by opening things up more for our offensive players.
What we can’t do is waste another prime year of his like we have these first 2 seasons. It’s a shame really because he’s a world class talent but hasn’t been able to quite fully showcase/tap into it here (yet) due to failing to surround him with corresponding top end creative players. It’s time to finally bite the bullet, build around Paul and complete the United attack by paying up for quality players as José has suggested; there’s no other way around it and a rather simple concept - you either pay up or be left behind. United are going to at the very least have to spend on 2 TOP QUALITY STARTING attacking players (RW + #10/SS or CM depending on where they want to play Pogba) to fill the voids by the time next season begins. It’ll likely be 3 as an additional CM option will have to be bought in considering we’re utter shit when either Pogba or Matic are not available + need a Carrick replacement anyways as Mourinho has suggested. Will be interesting to see if they’re able to get 1 done in January. If not, summer it is and it’ll be a busy & critical one at that.
Here’s how I see the options which José has to choose from. Keep in mind, players/names are hypotheticals and interchangeable so what’s important are the concepts.
>1A
Either keep Pogba where he is (beside Matic with license to push up which imo is best suited to get the most out of him) and get a quality #10 or SS behind Lukaku who he can service the ball to and interact with at a high level, creating a powerful channel to cause defenders problems.
————————Lukaku
Martial———Ozil/AG/Dybala———new RW
——————Pogba———Matic
>1B
If unable to get a quality #10/SS, get another midfielder who can play besides Matic and allow Pogba to play in front of the 2 in a roaming role.
——————Lukaku
Martial———Pogba———new RW
————Matic——Goretzka/Pjanic/etc
>2
Long shot, but get a #10/SS and a CM to play alongside Matic and let Pogba play as a wide left playmaking threat sort of like how he did at Juvé. Least likely scenario considering it’d create a logjam with both Martial/Rashford having to be bench players and not really suiting the squad personnel in comparison to the available players.
———————Lukaku
Pogba———Ozil/AG/Dybala———new RW
—————Matic———Goretzka/Pjanic/etc
...what most likely ends up happening are the first 2 scenarios in which case that additional CM will be bought. Regardless of if we bring in a top quality starting CAM or CM, a rotational bench but starter level CM will be needed to have that crucial depth which we desperately lack right now. RWer can be just about anyone so didn’t even bother putting any names to it.
Just as important will be to offload all the dead weight. There’s a number of mediocre players who have been gifted roster spots who just can’t be here anymore if you want to create a world class team+atmosphere. Not to mention a proper new LB/LWB will only add a new dynamic to the attack by opening things up more for our offensive players.